Figure 3. Basic elements of wave-processing of information in the chain of bistable-excitable neurons.

A)–D) Scenarios of symmetric head on collision (central part of the chain is shown). The outcome depends on the magnitude of the additional voltage-dependent membrane current: A) Waves annihilate, (see also Fig. 2A); B) Waves cross each other, (see also Fig. 2B); C) A pacemaker is formed and emits periodically waves, ; and D) Formation of phase switching supersonic waves, . E)–F) Asymmetric collision of a stationary traveling wave with newly created wave (arrows): E) Only one wave survives after collision, ; F) Two desynchronized waves emerge in collision, ; G) and H) the same as (C) and (D) but with desynchronization between waves emitted to the left and to the right ().